The two words "Punishment Hall" alone shut up all the officials. It was not until this time that they remembered how close the relationship between Fang Yun and the Punishment Hall was. Even if Fang Yun wanted to split the Punishment Hall into "Punishment Hall" and "Legal Hall", most of the Legalist scholars still supported Fang Yun.
It is said that Legalists have no personal feelings and will not bend the law for personal gain. However, Fang Yun is obviously helping the Legalists and strengthening their holy doctrine. For the sake of their holy doctrine, the Legalists have sufficient reasons to favor Fang Yun.
No one dared to be sure whether Fang Yun mentioned the Punishment Hall intentionally or unintentionally, but no matter what, no one dared to take the risk.
No one wanted to be the first official in Xiangzhou to be arrested by Fang Dong in the torture hall.
Dong Wencong immediately said, "The Supervisory Office of our dynasty has always been responsible for supervising all officials and the people, but it places too much emphasis on officials and neglects the people, which is often biased. You split the Supervisory Office into two, is it to strengthen the supervision of the people?"
Fang Yun smiled and said, "It is to let the Criminal Department, the Legal Department, the Supervisory Department and the State Procuratorate perform their respective duties."
All the officials present could not understand what Fang Yun meant, but many people vaguely felt that what Fang Yun said was very complicated and might very well involve the holy doctrine of Legalism.
More perceptive officials noticed that when Fang Yun mentioned "state procuratorate", he suspected that there might be a provincial procuratorate, a county procuratorate, or even a national procuratorate.
The officials of Qing all looked at the apparent leader of Qing, Nie Changju, the Director of the Ministry of Rites and a Hanlin of Xiangzhou. He was suppressed by Qing State in the past and was frustrated. Before Jing State took over Xiangzhou, Qing State suddenly entrusted him with an important task, so this man immediately became the vanguard of the anti-Jing movement.
All these officials of Qing knew that Nie Changju, as the head of the officials of Qing, had attacked Fang Yun many times in private, and had cursed him with all kinds of dirty words. If there was anyone who dared to stand up against Fang Yun at this moment, it would only be him.
However, Nie Changju did not speak.
Many celebrating officials sighed secretly. Obviously, this Hanlin did not dare to offend Fang Yun rashly.
"Where is the Chief Justice?" Fang Yun asked.
"I'm here!" A legalist scholar who was over fifty years old came out. Fang Yun took a look at him and smiled slightly. This man once worked in the Dali Temple of Jingguo and had been to Ning'an County.
"Director Jiang, the case of the Renaissance Society will be handed over to the judicial department for trial. However, everything must be handled according to the rules. Since the members of the Renaissance Society are not officials, the procuratorate should come forward. Where are the directors of the Criminal Department and the Supervisory Department?"
"I'm here." Two Jinshi who once served in the Ministry of Justice and the Supervisory Council in the capital came out. They both knew Fang Yun and had been to Ning'an County.
In order to ensure that Fang Yun could govern Xiangzhou stably, the Queen Mother and others went all out to replace all the main officials of Xiangzhou with trustworthy people.
Fang Yun looked at the Chief of the Supervisory Department, Cai Yuan, and said, "Chief Cai, tomorrow you will temporarily set up a team for the State Procuratorate, and you will be the first chief."
"As you command."
Fang Yun then looked at the Chief Justice Jia He and said, "Chief Justice Jia, you should thoroughly investigate this case, and then submit the relevant details of the case to the Procuratorate for review. After that, the Procuratorate will decide whether to file a lawsuit with the Justice Department. Finally, the Justice Department will independently try the case, and no one, including the Criminal Department, the Supervisory Department, or the Governor, may interfere! From today on, the Justice Department will independently try relevant cases, and other government offices will never interfere!"
"I obey your command." There was something wrong with Jia He's expression.
The other officials were just confused, but all the legalists present were in a daze. They knew best that if the three courts followed the steps mentioned by Fang Yun in the future, it would be tantamount to a radical reform of Xiangzhou's judicial system. If the pilot project was expanded, it would be a revolution in the legal system.
The Chief Justice Jiang Zhengming coughed lightly and said, "Governor, what you said involves a lot of things. Do you have any documents from the Criminal Court or the Cabinet?"
Fang Yun said: "Tomorrow there will be documents from the Criminal Palace. As for the documents from the Cabinet, it will probably take a few days. I am the governor of the two states and I have the power to execute first and report later."
Some officials almost rolled their eyes at Fang Yun. Outsiders couldn't understand what he said, but the officials understood that it was too domineering. To translate it, it meant: I haven't told the Criminal Court yet, but since I want to reform, the Criminal Court will definitely issue a document to support it. As for the cabinet's documents, they can give them to me. If not, ignore it, they have no right to control it.
When Jiang Zhengming saw that Fang Yun had said so much, he immediately said, "I will ensure the independence of the judicial system. If outsiders interfere in the trial, I will either come to you with my own head or someone else's head!"
"Okay!" Fang Yun nodded slightly.
All the Xiangzhou officials present, whether Jingguan or Qingguan, were extremely shocked.
They were not shocked by Fang Yun's domineering and arbitrary behavior, nor by Fang Yun's rudeness and toughness, but by the reactions of Jiang Zhengming, Jia He and Cai Yuan, especially Jiang Zhengming.
What Fang Yun said and did was arrogant and overbearing enough. He made the pilot project and innovation in a state sound as simple as changing the menu in a restaurant. This was related to the lives of hundreds of millions of people, and it also involved the Holy Academy and the entire Jing Kingdom, and might even be closely related to the entire human race.
But even so, even before the Criminal Court and the Cabinet agreed, Jiang Zhengming dared to accept the order and stand with Fang Yun. This not only shows that Jiang Zhengming is decisive, not only shows that Fang Yun has leadership ability, but also shows that Jingguo officials are extremely confident!
So what if the reform is dangerous! So what if the Criminal Court may oppose it! So what if the cabinet may not agree!
Just follow Fang Xusheng!
The confidence displayed by Jiang Zhengming and Fang Yun made the Xiangzhou officials extremely envious. After being suppressed by Qing State for decades, these Xiangzhou officials seemed to have forgotten how to write the word "confidence". This led to some officials becoming complete slaves. They did not want to be good officials of Jing State, but insisted on becoming slave-like officials of Qing State.
Fang Yun looked at the sky and said, "If we march into the city in a large group, I don't know how long the traffic jam will last. I think it's getting late, and you all have to go to Lu Su's military review building to attend the literary meeting. I think it's better for you to go back and prepare, and we'll meet at the military review building."
"Yes!" The officials accepted the order and left one after another, but some officials stayed with Fang Yun.
Dong Wencong said, "Governor, there is no Governor's Office in Baling yet. Please move to the Governor's Office. Once the Governor's Office is built, you can move to the Governor's Office."
The Governor's Office must be built. This is the rule of the court. Fang Yun did not object, but said: "I will not go to the Governor's Office. I will stay in Ning Garden for a while. Ning Garden is a famous garden in Jiangnan. I have longed for it for a long time."
The officials present showed embarrassed and angry expressions. Dong Wencong said helplessly: "Reporting to the Lord, when the Qing officials evacuated Xiangzhou, they took away everything they could take away, and smashed everything they couldn't take away. Ning Garden was a mess. After the repair, it became an ordinary garden, just a little bigger. Not to mention Ning Garden, they even smashed a lot of tables and chairs in the governor's mansion."
"How could such a ridiculous thing happen? Are the officials of Qing Kingdom three-year-old children?" After Fang Yun finished speaking, he suddenly remembered some records in the books in the world of strange books and realized that this kind of thing is not an isolated case.
"It is indeed true." Dong Wencong said.
"Barbarians, they are just insects and beasts." Fang Yun said, "Forget it, I will stay at the governor's office for now. Please find a suitable place for me in the next few days. I will bring my family to live here. As for the office, I will use the governor's office for now."
"I will do it right away."
"Forget about today. I've just attended the new employee conference. I'll be busy tomorrow."
.(To be continued.)